September 2024 Wrap Up

Another month has come to an end. September ended up being a decent reading month. I feel like I’m getting back into the swing of things. I read a few books I really liked, and I read one specific book that sent me on a little rant. But hey at least I’m reading, hahaha. Let’s get to my September 2024 wrap up.

The God of the Woods

Synopsis:

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide. Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

My Rating: 3/5

My Full Review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2024/09/06/the-god-of-the-woods-review/

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A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon

Synopsis:

Mariel Spark is prophesied to be the most powerful witch seen in centuries of the famed Spark family, but to the displeasure of her mother, she prefers baking to brewing potions and gardening to casting hexes. When a spell to summon flour goes very wrong, Mariel finds herself staring down a demon. Ozroth the Ruthless is a legend among demons. He drives hard bargains to collect mortal souls. But his reputation has suffered ever since a bargain went awry–if he can strike a bargain with Mariel, he will earn back his deadly reputation. Ozroth can’t leave Mariel’s side until they complete a bargain, which she refuses to do.

But the witch is funny. And curvy. And disgustingly yet endearingly cheerful. Becoming awkward roommates quickly escalates when Mariel, terrified to confess the inadvertent summoning to her mother, blurts out that she’s dating Ozroth. As Ozroth and Mariel struggle with their opposing goals and maintaining a fake relationship, real attraction blooms between them. But Ozroth has a limited amount of time to strike the deal, and if Mariel gives up her soul, she’ll lose all her emotions–including love–which will only spell disaster for them both.

My Rating: 2/5

My Full Review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2024/09/24/a-witchs-guide-to-fake-dating-a-demon-review/

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Synopsis:

Robert Louis Stevenson’s short novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, first published in 1886, became an instant classic, a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare whose hallucinatory setting in the back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence. Its revelatory ending is one of the most original and thrilling in English Literature.

My Rating: 4/5

My Full Review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2024/09/09/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-review/

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The Body Snatcher

Synopsis:

The Body Snatcher” is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). First published in the Pall Mall Christmas “Extra” in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox (1791-1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders (1828).

My Rating: 4/5

My Full Review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2024/09/20/the-body-snatcher-by-robert-louis-stevenson/

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Interview with the Vampire

Synopsis:

Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly sensual, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force–a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses.

My Rating: 1/5

My Full Review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2024/09/27/interview-with-the-vampire-review/

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So Thirsty

Synopsis:

Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a birthday-weekend getaway–not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi. Sloane anticipates a weekend of wine tastings and cozy robes and strategic avoidance of issues she’d rather not confront, like her husband’s repeated infidelity.

But when they arrive at their rental cottage, it becomes clear Naomi has something else in mind. She wants Sloane to stop letting things happen to her, for Sloane to really live. So Naomi orchestrates a wild night out with a group of mysterious strangers, only for it to take a horrifying turn that changes Sloane’s and Naomi’s lives literally forever. The friends are forced to come to terms with some pretty eternal consequences in this bloody, seductive novel about how it’s never too late to find satisfaction, even though it might taste different than expected.

My Rating: 4/5

My Full Review: Coming Soon

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So that’s my September 2024 wrap up. What did you read this month?